The following day a manager responded saying that staff were aware of the visitor “dressed in the outfit to which you refer”, adding: “As the outfit did not contain offensive or discriminatory slogans or wording, the decision was taken to permit the visitor to remain on site.”

“I found the whole thing extremely inappropriate and I wasn’t the only one – a lot of people were obviously uncomfortable with his presence.” She asked managers: “Why was he allowed to stay in a venue that caters for the general public including children? Even if a child doesn’t know what a latex suit is or the sexual connotations, it’s still a very scary sight and puts parents in a very uncomfortable position when it comes to explaining to their children what is going on. ‘Extremely inappropriate’įollowing the performance on Wednesday May 24, one theatregoer wrote to the theatre to complain that she was “shocked to see a man in a full latex gimp suit” and “even more shocked that he was allowed to stay in the theatre despite what he was wearing”. The man in the gimp suit had a yard ticket, which are the cheaper, standing tickets in front of the stage and are looked down on by the balconies of the historic theatre which is situated on the southbank of London’s River Thames. The incident occurred during a matinee performance of The Comedy of Errors at which children were present. As a result of the complaints, Shakespeare’s Globe theatre has said that it is reviewing its current policy around clothing. our only worry was that the patron might’ve overheated”.ĭetails of the incident, complaints correspondence, and internal theatre reports have been shared with this newspaper.

However, an internal staff report circulated by a manager later that day said that despite “a few comments from staff. Theatregoers raised concerns that the man was wearing head-to-toe latex with a face mask and leather harness which was “a very scary sight” and put “parents in a very uncomfortable position”. Shakespeare’s Globe allowed a man in a gimp outfit to roam the theatre while children were present and dismissed complaints because his sexual fetish latex bodysuit “did not contain offensive slogans”.

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